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2000 Newman Sled Bed Trailer Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 17, 2006
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Apr 17, 2001

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2000 Newman Sled Bed Trailer. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Other / unspecified
Filed Jan 17, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A SNOWMOBILE ON A 10FT NEWMAN SLED BED TRAILER, THE TRAILER REARED UPWARD. THE CONTACT INITIALLY SUSPECTED THE TRAILER CAME UNHITCHED. AFTER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THE TONGUE COMPLETELY FRACTURED FROM THE TRAILER AND REMAINED INTACT ON THE HITCH. THERE WERE SMALL VISIBLE FRACTURES THROUGHOUT THE TONGUE ASSEMBLY. THE TRAILER WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP. A WELDER DETERMINED THERE WERE SEVERAL WEAK POINTS ALONG THE TONGUE AND FRAME. THE WELDER REPAIRED THE TONGUE BY REINFORCING THE TONGUE WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY ALUMINUM ALONG THE SIDES. *NM UPDATED 02/07/06 *JB

NHTSA ID
10147896
Incident
Dec 31, 2005
Other / unspecified
Filed Apr 17, 2001

RECALL O1 V 036 000/ WHEELS HUB; DEALER, HAUL TRAILER SALE, KALISPELL, MT; PHONE# 406/257-4285, WAS UNABLE TO HONOR RECALL BECAUSE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO SEND OUT PARTS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

NHTSA ID
886107
Incident
Mar 3, 2001

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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